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’12 Years a Slave’ wins top award at Toronto Film Festival

“12 Years a Slave” just firmed up its lead in the Oscar Best Picture race by winning the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Many past recipients of the fest prize went on to bag the top Oscar, including “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), “The King’s Speech” (2010) and “American Beauty” (1999).